UMG and Udio settle, plan licensed 'walled garden' platform
Universal Music Group and Udio settled their copyright suit with a payment and licences; Udio disabled downloads ahead of a licensed 2026 platform.
First major-label settlement with an AI music generator. The deal brings new models trained on licensed UMG catalogue, artist-controlled opt-in and remix/mashup in a closed environment. Users lost downloads immediately and backlash followed, and Udio says the labels do not own it.
- Date
- Wednesday, 29 October 2025
- Lab
- Universal Music Group / Udio
- Kind
- product
- Access
- app only
Sources
- www.udio.com/blog/a-new-era
- www.news4jax.com/business/2025/10/30/universal-music-and-ai-song-generator-udio-settle-law
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